Category: Recent Articles
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 1, 2025
Luther vs. the Roman Catholic church In light of Reformation Day this week: Luther’s stand, as a rock opera. A theology of bed Many of…
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Articles – MoviesReading films: are Christians as discerning as they used to be?
“Moving pictures” have only the briefest of histories, spreading throughout North America early in the twentieth century. The first movie theatres were converted stores with…
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EducationA load of lumber is a wonderful thing
Back in 2007 Ebenezer Canadian Reformed School here in Smithers decided to supply the students with an “imaginative play kit.” What was it? A pile…
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Interview with an artistPaula Roth loves painting her studio
It’s no surprise that someone who has lived in as many beautiful places as Paula Roth has, would be drawn to landscape as the subject…
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Conferences2026 Summit Reformed Young Adult Conference
Why you (or someone you know) should plan to go ***** I once heard a sermon in which the pastor compared faith to salmon. “A…
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PoliticsIntroducing ARPA Academy
A one-month program in Ottawa to sharpen and shape you! ***** RP’s Nov/Dec 2024 issue – the “Get Educated, Not Schooled” edition – described all…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 25, 2025
Easiest way to save 175,000 Europeans a year “Every year, around 1,300 Americans die from extreme heat. But in Europe, which has about double the…
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Culture ClashesJonathan & David and the difference between brave & crazy
The divide between brave and crazy isn’t always easy to see. God wants us to be brave –how many times did He encourage Joshua to…
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ParentingWhy it’s good for teens and kids to do chores
We should do chores for the same reason we go to school – preparation ***** Chances are, as a part of the family, you are…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 18, 2025
Should Christians celebrate Halloween? If we do, we should definitely do it differently. Whatever its historic origins, Halloween today has become a celebration of, and…
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Articles – Movies12 free must-see docs for Christian families
Documentaries aren’t your thing? Then you haven’t seen these. We’ve got brilliant scholars and scientists sharing, in just a line or two, all their study,…
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In a NutshellTidbits – October 2025
No one even knows how to bake bread Our new Prime Minister is very sure he has just the right recipe to get the country’s…
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Recent ArticlesGenesis: theology and history!
A common objection to understanding Genesis 1 as history is that we should instead take it as theology. We’re told that God wants us to…
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AssortedCharlie Kirk in context
Many will condemn a man for an isolated sentence or two. Christians do it too. Instead, we should assess others just as we would like…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 11, 2025
Ray Comfort does a stint at a Turning Point USA event Since Charlie Kirk’s murder, his organization has been filling his shoes with quite a…
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AssortedWhy Charlie Kirk’s death hit so hard
For a time, in September, my Facebook feed – I’m sure yours too – was full of tributes to Charlie Kirk. At this point, I…
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NewsARPA condemned in BC legislature
On the very first day of the fall legislative session, British Columbia MLAs debated the “views and policies of [the] Association for Reformed Political Action”…
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People we should knowCornelius Van Til: his life and impact
Cornelius Van Til may not have seemed a likely candidate to accomplish a “Reformation of Christian Apologetics,” but God is in the habit of utilizing…
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News90,000 legal homicides in Canada since 2016
According to calculations from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC), as of September this year approximately 90,000 Canadians have been euthanized since this form of homicide…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 4, 2025
Bahnsen vs. Hitchens, the Rap Battle Here’s AI put to its weirdest and most wonderful –the late Reformed apologist Greg Bahnsen taking on the late…
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AssortedDominee’s friend
There is style and there is class. Dominee may not have had much style, as the world considers style, but he had class. Dominee had…
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Recent ArticlesFALSE DILEMMA: Is Genesis 1 Historical or Poetic?
or Doctrinal? or Theological? or Covenantal? or an Accommodation? …
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 27, 2025
Voddie Baucham (1969-2025) spoke to Christian Nationalism shortly before his passing This past week, Voddie Baucham passed away at the age of 56. A Reformed…
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AssortedVeya’s story
The fight for her life in a broken and biased healthcare system – one that sees doctors perpetrating euthanasia and abortion and calling them both…
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Recent ArticlesWhat does fleeing sin look like?
Despite endless attempts to do so, fleeing sin can’t be done halfheartedly – that only sets the stage for failure. A tepid turning away is…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 20, 2025
Charlie Kirk one week later The link above heads to Tim Challies’ collection of the week’s best articles on Charlie Kirk. My favorite was by…
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Culture ClashesWhat will Canada look like in 2040?
Where some see gloom, God’s people can proceed in hope, knowing that God remains in control ***** “Canada to Become a Dystopian Nightmare, Households Will…
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NewsA renewed hunger for the Bible
Data from the Association of American Publishers reveals that the biggest sales increase among all categories of books being published last year in the United…
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Pro-life – AbortionPro-life incrementalism isn’t immoral…but it can be dangerous
Should Christians support a bill that would make abortion illegal after the second trimester? Some say no, and argue that such a bill would save…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 13, 2025
On the death of Charlie Kirk American Christian and conservative leader Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday. Kirk (1993-2025) wasn’t as remarkable for…
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NewsThe assassination of Charlie Kirk
A new era has been marked; Christians must tell the truth. Unsurprisingly, on September 11, 2001, I wept. I also wept, unexpectedly, on September 11,…
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Apologetics 101What Truth sounds like: sometimes calm isn’t appropriate
Some years back, Justin Trudeau made it a requirement that all Liberal MPs had to support abortion. MP Lawrence MacAulay had, to that point, been…
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Pro-life – AbortionJudges vs. justice: a history of abortion in Canadian courts
In 1988 Canada’s Supreme Court’s gave their Morgentaler decision which struck down all restrictions on abortion in the country. Shortly afterwards the Supreme Court again…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 6, 2025
Casting Crowns’ “Nobody” ‘Cause I’m just a nobody trying to tell everybody All about Somebody who saved my soul Ever since You rescued me, You…
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In a NutshellTidbits – September 2025
Ping Pong by Jay Adams “A soft answer turns away wrath. But a foolish word stirs up anger.” – Proverbs 15:1. Every time I read…
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Dating8 reasons you should not have sex outside of marriage
Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. They smile, they joke, they like each other. Boy and girl have sex. If they are really conservative, they…